Peter Hardeman Burnett
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 129 years ago |
Date of birth | November 15,1807 |
Zodiac sign | Scorpio |
Born | Nashville |
Tennessee | |
United States | |
Date of died | May 17,1895 |
Died | San Francisco |
California | |
United States | |
Spouse | Harriet Rogers |
Party | Democratic Party |
Appointed by | J. Neely Johnson |
Children | 6 |
Previous position | Governor of California (1849–1851) |
Books | Recollections and Opinions of an Old Pioneer |
The Path which Led a Protestant Lawyer to the Catholic Church | |
The Letters of Peter H. Burnett: Realism and the Roots of California | |
The American Theory of Government Considered with Reference to the Present Crisis | |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 934488 |
Peter Hardeman Burnett Life story
Peter Hardeman Burnett was an American politician who served as the first elected Governor of California from December 20, 1849, to January 9, 1851. Burnett was elected Governor almost one year before California's admission to the Union as the 31st state in September 1850.